Phased ERK-responsiveness and developmental robustness regulate teleost skin morphogenesis

Ramkumar N*, Richardson C, O’Brien M, Butt FA, Park J, Chao AT, Bagnat M, Poss K, Di Talia S. . PNAS. 2025 Mar 11;122(10):e2410430122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2410430122

DeepProjection: specific and robust projection of curved 2D tissue sheets from 3D microscopy using deep learning.

Haertter D, Wang X, Fogerson SM, Ramkumar N, Crawford JM, Poss KD, Di Talia S, Kiehart DP, Schmidt CF. Development. 2022 Nov 1;149(21):dev200621. doi: 10.1242/dev.200621.

Tissue Repair: A Tendon-see to Regenerate.

Ramkumar N*, Sun F, Poss KD. Curr Biol. 2020 Sep 7;30(17):R1001-R1003. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.089.

p120-catenin regulates WNT signaling and EMT in the mouse embryo.

Hernández-Martínez R, Ramkumar N, Anderson KV. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Aug 20;116(34):16872-16881. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1902843116. Epub 2019 Aug 1

Crumbs2 promotes cell ingression during the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition at gastrulation.

Ramkumar N*, Omelchenko T, Silva-Gagliardi NF, McGlade CJ, Wijnholds J, Anderson KV. Nat Cell Biol. 2016 Dec;18(12):1281-1291.

Highlighted as Editor’s Choice in Science - Harrison S., Science. 2017 Jan 6;355(6320):36. doi: 10.1126/science.355.6320.36-e.

Protein O-Glucosyltransferase 1 (POGLUT1) Promotes Mouse Gastrulation through Modification of the Apical Polarity Protein CRUMBS2.

Ramkumar N*, Harvey BM, Lee JD, Alcorn HL, Silva-Gagliardi NF, McGlade CJ, Bestor TH, Wijnholds J, Haltiwanger RS, Anderson KV. PLoS Genet. 2015 Oct 23;11(10):e1005551.

SnapShot: Mouse primitive streak.

Ramkumar N*, Anderson KV.Cell. 2011 Aug 5;146(3):488-488.e2. 

Aurora B-dependent polarization of the cortical actomyosin network during mitotic exit.

Ramkumar N*, Patel JV, Anstatt J, Baum B.EMBO Rep. 2021 Aug 24:e52387. doi: 10.15252/embr.202152387. 

Isotropic myosin-generated tissue tension is required for the dynamic orientation of the mitotic spindle.

Lam MSY, Lisica A, Ramkumar N, Hunter G, Mao Y, Charras G, Baum B. Mol Biol Cell. 2020 Jun 15;31(13):1370-1379. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E19-09-0545. Epub 2020 Apr 22. 

Local actin nucleation tunes centrosomal microtubule nucleation during passage through mitosis.

Farina F#, Ramkumar N#, Brown L, Samander-Eweis D, Anstatt J, Waring T, Bithell J, Scita G, Thery M, Blanchoin L, Zech T, Baum B. EMBO J. 2019 Jun 3;38(11) (# equal contribution, co-first author)

Coupling changes in cell shape to chromosome segregation.

Ramkumar N*, Baum B. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2016 Aug;17(8):511-21.